Unit HISTORY OF WOMEN AND GENDER HISTORY
- Course
- Italian, classical studies and european history
- Study-unit Code
- A003097
- Curriculum
- Storia europea
- Teacher
- Erminia Irace
- Teachers
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- Erminia Irace
- Emanuela Costantini (Codocenza)
- Stefania Zucchini (Codocenza)
- Hours
- 12 ore - Erminia Irace
- 12 ore (Codocenza) - Emanuela Costantini
- 12 ore (Codocenza) - Stefania Zucchini
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2024/25
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline storiche, filosofiche, antropologiche e sociologiche
- Academic discipline
- M-STO/02
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- italian
- Contents
- The course is intended as an introduction to the main lines of research that have thematised the history of women and gender. The subject will be addressed: a) by analysing some of the most important historical research methodologies that have investigated the history of women; b) by illustrating specific case studies, which will be analyzed using a transversal and interdisciplinary approach, from the Middle Ages to the contemporary age.
In particular, in the 2024-2025 academic year the course will analyze specific case studies regarding female figures who were able to set in motion processes of change in the political and cultural spheres, women "outside the box", who triggered changes by moving outside conventions, from the medieval era to the contemporary one. - Reference texts
- 1) Simona Feci Storia di genere, in Dizionario di storia, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 2010: https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/storia-di-genere_(Dizionario-di-Storia)/;
2) James M. Blythe, Women in the military: scholastic arguments and medieval images of female warriors, in «History of Political Thought», Vol. 22, No. 2 (2001), pp. 242-269;
3) Beatrice Giovanna Maria Del Bo, Le donne del popolo in politica nel Basso Medioevo: primi passi di una ricerca, in «Studi di Storia Medioevale e di Diplomatica», n.s. VIII (2024), pp. 61-87;
4) Roberto Bizzocchi, Una nuova morale per la donna e per la famiglia, in Storia d’Italia, Annali 22, Alberto Mario Banti e Paul Ginsborg (a cura di), Il Risorgimento, Torino, Einaudi, 2007, pp. 69-96;
5) Simonetta Soldani, L’Italia al femminile, in L’Unificazione, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 2011: https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/l-italia-al-femminile_(L'Unificazione)/ ;
6) Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso, Della presente condizione delle donne e del loro avvenire, in “Nuova Antologia. Scienze lettere ed arti”, vol. I, 31 gennaio 1866, pp. 96-113;
7) Gualberta Beccari, Dei diritti e dei doveri della donna (1868) in “La donna. Periodico morale ed istruttivo. Compilazione di donne italiane”, Padova, 21 giugno 1868;
8) Anna Maria Mozzoni, Alle fanciulle (1885), edizione digitale Milano, Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, 2010;
9) Vinzia Fiorino, Lo spazio pubblico delle donne: suffragio, cittadinanza, diritti politici, in Storia della donna nell’Italia contemporanea, a cura di Silvia Salvatici, Carocci, Roma, 2022
10) Paola Stelliferi, I femminismi dall’Unità a oggi, in Storia della donna nell’Italia contemporanea, a cura di Silvia Salvatici, Carocci, Roma, 2022.
Texts 2-4 and 6-8 are available in pdf format on the Unistudium platform, on the page dedicated to the course.
This program is also valid for non-attending students.
Students with disabilities and / or with SLD, after consultation with the teacher, can request any didactic materials in accessible formats (presentations, handouts, exercises), provided if necessary in advance of the lessons, as well as the use of other facilitating technological tools in the study phase. For general information, consult the University Services on the page https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Department Coordinator (prof.ssa A. Di Pilla). - Educational objectives
- The teaching (which is carried out in co-teaching mode: 24 hours by Prof. Zucchini, 12 hours by Prof. Irace and 12 hours by Prof. Costantini) enriches the didactic offer of the CdS due to its interdisciplinary organization and the topics addressed, concerning the history of women and the gender history. Students will deepen their historical and historiographic knowledge and skills by learning to move with a transversal approach. The main knowledge acquired will concern the main issues concerning the history of women and gender in the medieval age and the early modern age. The main skills acquired will be the ability to develop logical-critical and historiographic reasoning in a diachronic manner, which will also enable them to develop awareness of the issues concerning the current position of women in society.
- Prerequisites
- A good knowledge of the main chronological periods, the main events and the main issues relating to European history from the Middle Ages to the contemporary era is very important.
Furthermore, the ability to use appropriate historical-critical language is important. The same prerequisites are also required for students who take the exam as non-attenders. - Teaching methods
- Frontal lessons accompanied by use of powerpoint.
Students with disabilities and/or with DSA, after consultation with the lecturer, may request any teaching materials in accessible formats (presentations, handouts, workbooks), provided if necessary in advance of the lectures, as well as the use of other technological facilitation tools in the study phase. For general information, see the University Services at https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and get in touch with the Contact Person for the Department (Prof. A. Di Pilla) - Other information
- a) further information will be provided during lessons;
b) information and materials useful for exam preparation can be found on the Unistudium platform: https://www.unistudium.unipg.it/unistudium/login/index.php on the page dedicated to this teaching.
Students with disabilities and/or DSA: for any information about the University's services, please visit https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and get in touch with the Contact Person for the Department (Prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it). - Learning verification modality
- Oral exam that lasts about 20 minutes around the course topics. In particular, the critical-interpretative skills of the students will be evaluated, attesting to the good understanding and the ability to expose the subject matter of analysis in a complex and arguable way.
Attention: students who cannot attend lessons (e.g. working students) and students with disabilities and / or SLDs must contact the teachers via email (at the address stefania.zucchini@unipg.it; erminia.irace@unipg.it; emanuela.costantini@unipg.it) at the beginning of the lessons in order to agree on the procedures for carrying out the exam.
tudents with disabilities and/or with DSA who, having completed regular accreditation through SOL, have obtained access to University services, for the purpose of conducting the tests may take advantage of the compensatory tools, dispensatory measures and inclusive technologies provided by the regulations, to be requested and agreed with the teacher well in advance of the tests. For information see https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa and get in touch with the Department's Contact Person for Disability and DSA (Prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it). - Extended program
- The course intends to represent an introduction to the knowledge of the main lines of research that have themed the history of women and gender. First, some of the most important historical research methodologies that have investigated the history of women will be analyzed. Secondly, specific case studies concerning Europe in the Middle Ages and the early modern age will be illustrated.
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